FarmProgress | Congress Seeks Investigation into Beef Price Fixing Reposted from: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-operations/congress-seeks-investigation-into-beef-price-fixing “For the past two years, I have been calling on the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of […]

Meat + Poultry | Lawmakers to Introduce Mandatory COOL Legislation Reposted from: https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/25484-lawmakers-to-introduce-mandatory-cool-legislation Four US Senators announced legislation regarding the American Beef Labeling Act which mandates the reinstatement of beef […]

Capital Press | Who Owns the West? Reposted from: https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/orchards_nuts_vines/who-owns-the-west-foreign-investors-are-buying-western-u-s-farmland-whos-investing-and/article_1d0e0d92-07c2-11ec-bfd0-a3344ee15879.html In recent decades, foreign investors have bought more than 35 million acres of U.S. farmland worth $62 billion — about […]

The New Yorker | Is It Time to Break up Big Ag? Resposted from: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/is-it-time-to-break-up-big-ag In the spring of 2020, Dairy Farmers of America, the nation’s largest dairy coöperative, purchased […]

Politico | China is buying up American farms. Washington wants to crack down. Reposted from: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/19/china-buying-us-farms-foreign-purchase-499893 The push to drain China’s influence from the U.S. economy has reached America’s farm […]

Progressive Farmer | Looking for Right to Repair Machinery Reposted from: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/equipment/article/2021/07/08/biden-executive-order-weigh-repair Farmer advocates for the “right to repair” high-tech agricultural machinery are looking forward to seeing exactly how President […]

Christian Science Monitor | ‘Personnel is policy’: How progressives are shaping Biden administration Reposted from: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2021/0707/Personnel-is-policy-How-progressives-are-shaping-Biden-administration In the first six months of the Biden administration, progressives have scored a series […]

The Guardian | Are Biden’s carbon markets as good as they look? No, say smaller farms Reposted from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/13/are-bidens-carbon-markets-as-good-as-they-look-no-say-smaller-farms Nicole and Aaron Bradley’s diversified livestock farm is a far cry […]

Capital Press | Farm group sounds alarm on carbon credit bill Reposted from: https://www.capitalpress.com/climate_changed/farm-group-sounds-alarm-on-carbon-credit-bill/article_3f6f556e-a45b-11eb-bf06-3783923f63ed.html  Legislation to help lower the barriers that prevent farmers, ranchers and forest landowners from participating in […]

Mother Jones | President Biden’s Trustbusters Aren’t Just Experts on Tech. They Know About Big Ag. Reposted from: https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/03/president-bidens-trust-monopoly-tech-big-ag/ President Joe Biden looks like he’s ready to bust up some […]